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Trade: Who Advocates For American Interests?
We have a trade deficit in the $500-billion-per-year range. American billionaires and their giant corporations are benefiting tremendously by tapping into this drain of American’s wealth.
5 Reasons to Consider a Basic Income for All Americans
What if you could receive a guaranteed basic yearly income with no strings attached? Sounds like a far-fetched idea, right? Wrong. All over the world, people are talking guaranteeing basic incomes for citizens as a viable policy.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Jobless Aid Bill Hits House Roadblock "Bipartisan Bill to Extend Jobless Aid Divides Republicans" reports National Journal: "House Speaker John Boehner and the Republican architect of a Senate bill to extend benefits up to June are clashing over a letter from...
On Jobs, Just Say 'No' To Normal
The Progressive Caucus "Better Off Budget" sets the bar higher than any other economic plan when it comes to job creation. But even that budget accepts limits to the economic policy debate that we should push beyond.
Extremists In The Education Debate
New extremists in the education debate represent a mindset unwilling to fight things out on a democratic playing field, no matter how unlevel. Instead, they aim to eliminate the playing field altogether
Is It Possible For Conservatives To Be Serious About Poverty?
After Paul Ryan executed a triple face-flop in his attempt to seize the debate on poverty, I thought conservatives could use a little advice. So I went over to the Daily Caller...
The Useful Idiots Of The Corporate Elite
There are a whole lot of useful idiots in America. Yesterday, a caller called into my radio show, and echoed Congressman Paul Ryan’s recent comments, blaming the black community for poverty in America.
Free Higher Education Is a Human Right
I believe the moment will come, perhaps very soon, when we as a society will ask ourselves: How can we deny a higher education to any young person in this country just because she or he can’t afford it?
Progressive Breakfast
Weak Union Morale Could Hurt Dems Union frustration may hold Dems back in November. The Hill: "... building trade union leaders joined with the American Petroleum Institute to blast the Obama administration for stalling on the approval of the Keystone pipeline ......
The Plutocrats Take To The Barricades
The plutocrats are taking to the barricades against the new populism. They are demanding that politicians offer them not merely hidden tax breaks, but public tribute. Their arrogance is fueling the populism they fear.
